Definitions for chiton

chiton chi·ton

Spelling: [kahyt-n, kahy-ton]
IPA: /ˈkaɪt n, ˈkaɪ tɒn/

Chiton is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in chiton (chinot).

Definitions for chiton

noun

  1. Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
  2. a gown or tunic, with or without sleeves, worn by both sexes in ancient Greece.

Origin of chiton

1810-20; Greek chitṓn tunic Semitic (compare Hebrew kuttōneth tunic); ultimately Sumerian

Examples for chiton

Latreille, on the contrary, classed them near the mollusc, chiton.

The genus chiton is the only example of this kind of Multivalves.

A genus formed for the reception of chiton amiculatus, Auct.

Among the working classes the chiton was, of course, homespun, or of leather.

Beset with sharp spines, as the margin of chiton aculeatus, fig. 227.

Those in which they are arranged in a straight line, as chiton, fig. 227.

From the chiton we now pass to the articles of dress of the nature of cloaks.

He tore his chiton from top to bottom and wrapped it about his mouth and nose.

Identical with this in form is the chiton worn by Doric women.

Perhaps the commonest of the British species is chiton cinereus.

Word Value for chiton
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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